Category: Helium
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Crypto & IoT Black Friday Deals — 2022
Gathering together blockchain + meatspace as well as other relevant deals here. In some cases the links are affiliate links, so I’ll earn a small commission if you use ’em. That seems fair to me, but you can always just Google the project and “Black Friday” and find ’em yourself as well. If you know…
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Gristle Crüe Call — Mike demos the K1100, HITW so far
Mike gave a fantastic demo of how he used the K1100 kit to build out a prototype sensor for a vineyard on the Helium network. We encouraged him to present the same thing on Helium Hacks with Travis. 19:02:19 From Travis Teague : good collection of curated links that Fish put together here: https://github.com/Dangerousfish/K1100-DevKit-FishRemix19:02:36 From…
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Gristle Crüe Call — Shopify App, GIANT Protocol, Free WiFi
Threw an audible on this one after our schedule guest called in sick and ended up with a rad call. The video format is a square (unusual) because I shared Kevin’s flyer, which threw off the whole ratio. You may see a little whitespace directly below this because of that; scroll ’til ya see the green…
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What Can You Do On Solana? A Guide For The Helium Community
We’re switching over to Solana as our Layer 1 (L1 for the cool kids). What does that mean for you, a Hotspot owner? Let’s start with the important stuff: On a day to day basis, about the only difference you’ll see once we switch over to Solana is that the whole system will run faster.…
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Find Out Why Helium Hasn’t Stopped Those Rotten Cheaters!
Let’s go through seven aspects of why stopping cheating, also known as gaming, on the Helium Network is so damn difficult. I know, I know, you just want an answer or *someone* to do *something*. First, and let me be very clear: A group of talented people, both volunteer and paid, are working on combatting…
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Gristle Crüe Call — Russ in the Hotseat
We’re experimenting with a new option for Gristle Crüe members, which is the idea of a Hotseat session. In these sessions a member presents their business idea and background, then the rest of the Crüe will weigh in with ideas, observations, and general support. Russ volunteered to go first, was interesting to think through his…
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GKIIN Vol 1 Issue 3
The Gristle King Industry Insider Newsletter is a weekly publication gathering all the intel and observations we collect as critical nodes in the blockchain + meatspace. -GEODnet is looking for third party manufacturers for their miners. They are aiming to grow to 100k miners world wide. They can currently run on a Pi4, which is…
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GKIIN Vol 1 Issue 2
Critical news for industry professionals and investors in the space. This is sectioned into News, Opportunities, Issues, and Unknowns. NEWS HELIUM MCC Video — Due to Light Hotspot scheduling, the MCC has paused hardware audits for the month of October. I’d think of this as a “standard delay”. MCC — Video 19:46 All 5G gateways will…
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Helium In The Wild — Start Your Engines!
Ready to push hard into IoT outside of the US? Meet Helium In the Wild! Starting in November with Solana Breakpoint in Lisbon, Portugal, I’ll be heading out to see how Helium is being used in the wild. I’ll be looking for and sharing lessons, inspirations, and interviews with real people who are getting up…
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Gristle Crüe Call — Álvaro @ Borderless
The Crüe got a 1 hour primer on how a VC economist in the crypto space views the world. Álvaro Gracia from Borderless Capital walked us through a deck that laid out the progression of web2 to web3 and why that’s happening. We zoomed way out to global macroeconomics, talked about Bitcoin, silver, and gold,…